List of number-one Billboard Alternative Albums of 2011

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These are the U.S. number-one alternative rock albums of 2011, per the Billboard Alternative Albums chart.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

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Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

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Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best charting alternative album of 2011
Note: Year-End top-selling alternative albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan..
Issue dateAlbumArtistReference
January 1 Sigh No More Dagger-14-plain.png Mumford & Sons [1]
January 8 [2]
January 15 [3]
January 22 [4]
January 29 Showroom of Compassion Cake [5]
February 5 The King Is Dead The Decemberists [6]
February 12 Kiss Each Other Clean Iron & Wine [7]
February 19 Until We Have Faces Red [8]
February 26Sigh No MoreDagger-14-plain.pngMumford & Sons [9]
March 5 [10]
March 12 [11]
March 19 [12]
March 26 Collapse into Now R.E.M. [13]
April 2 Endgame Rise Against [14]
April 9 Angles The Strokes [15]
April 16 The King of Limbs Radiohead [16]
April 23 [17]
April 30 Wasting Light Foo Fighters [18]
May 7 [19]
May 14 [20]
May 21 Hot Sauce Committee Part Two Beastie Boys [21]
May 28 [22]
June 4 Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray Seether [23]
June 11 Torches Foster the People [24]
June 18 Codes and Keys Death Cab for Cutie [25]
June 25 Dirty Work All Time Low [26]
July 2Wasting LightFoo Fighters [27]
July 9 Bon Iver Bon Iver [28]
July 16 [29]
July 23 [30]
July 30 If Not Now, When? Incubus [31]
August 6 Time of My Life 3 Doors Down [32]
August 13 [33]
August 20Sigh No MoreDagger-14-plain.pngMumford & Sons [34]
August 27TorchesFoster the People [35]
September 3 Any Man in America Blue October [36]
September 10 Muppets: The Green Album Various artists [37]
September 17 I'm with You Red Hot Chili Peppers [38]
September 24 [39]
October 1 Staind Staind [40]
October 8 Pearl Jam Twenty Pearl Jam [41]
October 15 Neighborhoods Blink-182 [42]
October 22 People and Things Jack's Mannequin [43]
October 29 Evanescence Evanescence [44]
November 5 [45]
November 12 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay [46]
November 19 Ceremonials Florence and the Machine [47]
November 26 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Soundtrack [48]
December 3 [49]
December 10 Here and Now Nickelback [50]
December 17 [51]
December 24 El Camino The Black Keys [52]

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References

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